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Self-Guided .50cal Bullets
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:37 pm
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The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced the first successful live-fire tests of the military’s first smart, self-guided bullets.
In a video released by DARPA Thursday, Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance (EXACTO) .50-caliber bullets maneuvered independently mid-flight to accurately strike targets purposefully offset from where the firing sniper rifle was aimed.
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That's some sci-fi shite right there.
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Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:39 pm to LSUBoo
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The EXACTO
what a stupid fricking name
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:39 pm to LSUBoo
How does it know where to hit?
Lasers?
Lasers?
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:40 pm to LSUBoo
Every other country might as well just give up their military. We've basically wrapped this shite up.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:40 pm to KosmoCramer
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How does it know where to hit?
Lasers?
Correct, they have to keep a laser on the target and the bullet senses it and adjusts mid-flight.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:40 pm to Bluefin
If we're just hearing about this now, we probably were using in in Nam
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:43 pm to LSUBoo
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:49 pm to LSUBoo
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Correct, they have to keep a laser on the target and the bullet senses it and adjusts mid-flight.
Thats freaking crazy to think that the bullet can read and react fast enough to change its flight path. Un-freaking-real.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:53 pm to LSUBoo
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“The EXACTO .50-caliber round and optical sighting technology expects to greatly extend the day and nighttime range over current state-of-the-art sniper systems.”
Keep your head on a swivel Al Qaeda
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:54 pm to supadave3
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Thats freaking crazy to think that the bullet can read and react fast enough to change its flight path. Un-freaking-real.
been doing that with missiles for a long, long time
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:56 pm to LSUBoo
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:56 pm to LSUBoo
quote:
Correct, they have to keep a laser on the target and the bullet senses it and adjusts mid-flight.
I wonder if the target could be paint with a 3rd party laser, a la SpecOps paints a bogie/guy with a laser and someone takes him out from REALLY long range. I'm sure it will get to that.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:58 pm to KosmoCramer
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I wonder if the target could be paint with a 3rd party laser, a la SpecOps paints a bogie/guy with a laser and someone takes him out from REALLY long range. I'm sure it will get to that.
I'm sure it does come from someone other than the trigger-man. It would hard to keep the crosshairs on someone through recoil... a spotter would be the one likely maintaining the laser.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 1:59 pm to 777Tiger
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been doing that with missiles for a long, long time
Yeah, but a 50 cal bullet is going a hell of a lot faster than a missle with a much shorter duration from 'launch' to impact.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:01 pm to supadave3
Agreed, the muzzle to turban ratios aren't even comparable.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:01 pm to Bluefin
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Every other country might as well just give up their military. We've basically wrapped this shite up.
The US wouldn't use it, libtards would cite unfair advantage
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:02 pm to supadave3
That's awesome
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:05 pm to LSUBoo
so how does it actually change direction mid-air?
link doesn't say anything, which i guess i should have expected.
link doesn't say anything, which i guess i should have expected.
Posted on 7/11/14 at 2:06 pm to supadave3
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Yeah, but a 50 cal bullet is going a hell of a lot faster than a missle with a much shorter duration from 'launch' to impact
it's all physics, heck, the SR-71 flies faster than any bullet or missile and they get it to go where they want it to
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